One night after being bruised for seven runs in one inning by the White Sox, the Penthouse Boys repaid the Poorhouse Dwellers in kind.

35,789 fans had barely settled into their seats when the Yankees blew the game open with 7 runs in the top of the 2nd. The big blow came when Thurman Munson singled with the bases loaded. Two runs came in on the hit and one more scored on an error by Chet Lemon. That...

If any two teams symbolized the widening chasm of baseball's haves and have-nots in this new era of free agency, it was the Yankees and the White Sox.

The Yankees were the team in the penthouse-the elites who were the absolute best at what they did, and thus the richest; looked up at with a mixture of hatred and envy by others who resented their success while wanting it for themselves.